The issue of portraying an Arab king named Samir in the Korean drama King the Land seems to still be of concern to the audience. After previously the production team from the Korean drama spoke, now it's JTBC's turn to issue an apology and an official statement.
JTBC through their official social media spoke on behalf of the production team. They admitted that they had made a mistake by presenting the figure of Prince Samir as depicted in episodes 7 and 8 of the Korean drama King the Land. Here is the full apology from JTBC:
"We would like to express our deepest and sincere apologies for causing inconvenience to the audience without a thorough consideration of other cultural values even though we never had any intention to ridicule or distort a particular country or culture. We realize that this is happening because we do not understand, lack experience, and do not consider other cultures.
Going forward we will do our best to create content that can be enjoyed by anyone regardless of where they come from and from any cultural background. We will carefully review the parts of the video that we find problematic and will do our best to address them. We promise viewers to be more careful not to cause inconvenience when viewing our content."
Last weekend's episode of the Korean drama King the Land featured a character named Prince Samir, played by actor Anupam Tripathy. It is said that Prince Samir is an Arab Prince who is a friend of Gu Won (the character played by 2PM's Junho) while studying abroad. There, Prince Samir appeared with a bearded face and wore a turban.
He also seems to be enjoying time with several girls in a nightclub, giving off the impression of a playboy. He also made physical contracts with these women. Criticism and debate about this then rolled on social media. There are those who regret that JTBC has passed such a depiction script and is considered very insensitive to certain cultures.
"Don't talk about us on your show, this is not funny, disgusting and racist! You should apologize!" wrote one netter. "This is not the first time they have shown a culture that has been deflected with great disrespect and disgust. They really have no respect, morals, and are stupid," wrote another netter.
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